Liquid-fuel burner



C. J. EDMONDS. LIQUID FUEL BURNER.

(No Model.)

,Patented DML-UU, 1890.

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CHARLES .I. EDMONDS, OF GRAND CROSSING, ILLINOIS.

LIQUID-FUEL BURNER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 443,670, dated December 30, 1890.

Application filed .Tune l0, 1889.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES J. EDMoNDs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Grand Crossing, in the county of Oook, State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Liquid-Fuel Burners, of which the following is a full, clear, and eXactdescription, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

My present invention has for its object to provide an improved liquid-fuel burner which may be conveniently inserted into and withdrawn from the stove in connection with which it is to be used, and, further, to provide an improved construction of burner, by means of which a more effective distribution and burning of the fuel will be secured.

To this end my invention consists in the novel features of construction, hereinafter described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and particularly pointed out in the claims at the end of this specification.

Figure l is a perspective view of a cookingstove embodying my invention, parts being broken away for the purpose of better illustration. Fig. 2 is an enlarged view in vertical transverse section through the top of the stove, the delivery-pipe being shown as extended through the cross-bar. Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail plan .view of the pan of the burner. Fig. 4 is an enlarged plan view of the burner with the distributer in place there` in. Fig. 5 is an enlarged view in vertical transverse section on line 5 5 of Fig. l.

A designates the main body of a stove or range in connection with which my invention is especially well adapted for use, the stove or range being shown as provided with the usual top formed of the movable cross-bar B and the lids C. In one of the lids C is formed a perforation, preferably at its center, through which passes the delivery-pipe D, to the upper end of which is connected a suitable oilreservoir E, and the portion of this deliverypipe D that extends into the body of the stove is preferably jointed, as at d and d', and has connected to its inner end the burner F. The lid C, through which the fuel-delivery pipe passes, is preferably screw-threaded, and a corresponding thread is formed upon the eX- terior of the delivery-pipe to engage with the Serial No. 313,797. (No model.)

threaded perforation ot' the lid, although, if desired, the delivery-pipe' may be 'connected in any other convenient manner with the lid. From the construction as thus far defined it will be seen that the burner is sustained by the lid C, so that it can be readily inserted into and removed from the stove merely by lifting the stove-lid either through the medium of the upper portion of the delivery-pipe D or by a suitable stovelifter inserted into the usual lifting-socket c, formed in the upper surface of the lid. By this construction it becomes unnecessary to perforate the side walls of the stove for the insertion of the delivery-pipe of the burner, or, in fact, to modify in any respect the construction of the stove further than to perforate its lid or cross-bar, and hence when it is not desired to employ the burner it can be readily removed from the stove, and a plain imperforate lid can be employed. So, also, when the burner is sustained by the lid, it can be readily shifted to different points within the stove by merely turning the lid either by means of a suitable lid-lifter or by grasping the upper portion of the delivery-pipe D. Moreover, as the lids of cooking-stoves and ranges are made of standard sizes, it is plain that the same size burners can readily be applied to various styles and sizes of stoves without the necessity of making special patterns therefor.

My improved construction of burner comprises an expanded open-topped pan, in the bottom of which is formed a suitable perfora tion to receive the upwardly-turned end of the delivery-pipe D, the perforation of the pan and the end of the pipe being preferably screw-threaded to enable the parts to be securely connected together. Upon the inner face of the pan G adjacent its bottom are formed suitable lugs or ribs g, on which will rest the distributer II, the lugs serving to hold the distributer at such distance from the inner face of the pan that a free distribution of the oil between the pan and the distributer is secured. The distributer consists, preferably, of a lower dish-shaped plate having upon its inner face adjacent its sides suitable lugs h, upon which will rest the upper plate Il', these plates being shown as attached by a bolt I, and by preference the inner faces of the plates II l-l (one or both) are providedv ad- IOC jacent the bolt-holes with hubs or bosses h', Vwhich serve to better hold the plates separate and prevent their collapse under the intense heat to which they will be subjected. The plates Il Il are preferably each furnished with slots or perforations 112, and to fill the space between these plates asbestus or like fire-ressting material is conveniently used, which will serve to take up the oil as it is delivered into the pan G and hold the saine in condition to be readily ignited and burned. From this construction it will be seen that if oil is admitted through the de` livery-pipe D into the pan G the asbestus filling' between the plates Il ll will readily take ug the oil, so that on applying a match to the upper face of the plate ll a ready ignition of the fuel willbe secured, combustion occuringl not only over the upper surface of the plate ll', 'but also around the space between the pan G and the edges of the distrilnltor-plate Il.

lilou it is desired to employ more than one burner, these may be conveniently sustained from the cross-bar B of the stove, as seen in Fig. 2 of the drawings,in which event the crossbar will be suitably perforated to receive the delivery-pipe D, the lower end of this delivery-pipe being' extended in opposite direction to sustain the burners F. Any desired number of burners may thus be sustained from a movable part of the cover of the stove or range in such manner that they can be quickly placed therein or removed therefrom.

When my improved liquid-fuel burners are to be applied in connection with boiler or other furnaces, it will be merely necessary to attach a series of branch pipes to a main fueldelivery pipe, such branch pipes being similar in construction to the lower portion of the fueldelivery pipe above described. If any of the burners become worn or broken, these can be readily replaced by simply unscrewin,r from the end of the pipe and substituting` new burners instead.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Let* ters Patent, is-

1. A liquid-fuel burner comprising an open distrilnit-ing-pan, a fuel-delivery pipe connected to said pan, and a distributor loosely held within said pan, said distributer consisting` of perforated plates Il and Il', united together independently of the distributingpan, whereby the distributer can be readily removed, and having' an interposed mass of incombustible material-such, for example, as asbestus-substantially as described.

2. Aliquid-fuel burner comprising an open distributing-pan having lugs or ribs upon its upper surface to sustain the distributer, a fuel-delivery pipe connected to said pan, and a distributer loosely held within said pan upon said lugs or ribs, said distributor consisting of perforated plates united together independently of the pan and adapted to re.- ceive an interposed mass of incombustible material, substantially as described.

3. A liquid-fuel burner comprisingan open distributingpan, a fuel-delivery pau connected to said pan, and a distributer loosely held within said pan, said distributor consisting' of perforated plates H and Il', united together with their enter edges abutting' and forming' an intermediate space to receive a mass of incombnstible material, substantially as described.

4:. A liquid-fuel burner comprising a pan having a perforated bottom and open top, a fuel-delivery pipe connected to said pan, and a distributer formed of perforated plates having` suitable spaeingdugs on their inner faces and a bolt for uniting said perforated plates, substantially as described.

CHARLES J. EDMONDS.

lVitnesses:

Guo. i. FISHER, Jr., I. l5. CARPENTER. 

